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Ukrainian UAVs have struck Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those operations illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, praising the US President's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the US president to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Kill Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians died inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

Work carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest utility provider announced the main work to restore power was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed towards Ukraine during the night, the military announced on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities claimed it shot down 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected American claims it has deployed military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "are without exact data about citizens of Cuba" participating "on their own" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital said 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Data on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges adversaries to surrender, said in May: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of 1,028 Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the backing, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.